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Lexington
It was the first battle that started the Revolutionary War. 8 Minutemen were killed and the British shot first for the weapons they had. Only 1 british man was injured. It only lasted 15 minutes. -
Concord
The British found an empty arsenal. Then had a thing with the minutemen. The British were going to go back to Boston but then a slaughter happened where 3 to 4 thousands of minutemen assembled and fired on the British. Many British were killed. -
Battle Of Bunker Hill
Thomas Gage attacked militiamen at Breed’s Hill. He sent 2,400 British soldiers up the hill. The colonists didn’t wait till the last minute to fire on them. The colonists lost 450 men. The British had 1,000 of their men dead. This was known as the deadliest battle of the war. -
New York
August and September of 1776, right after the formal declaration of the colonies’ independence.Then New York City was the center of it all. Both sides believed that if the British took control of New York and the Hudson River the American resistance would likely collapse. -
Trenton
George Washington did a surprise attack to the garrison and hessians. -
Saratoga
John Burgoyne was waiting to meet with British officers but didn’t know that they were stuck up in Philadelphia. And tons of colonial men surrounded him and made him surrender. This turned out to be one of the most important events of the war. With that happening the french decided to have alliance with the Americans because they felt they were going to win the war. -
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Valley Forge
The six-month encampment of General George Washington's Continental Army at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777-1778 was a major turning point in the American Revolutionary War. The defeats had led some members of the Continental Congress to want to replace Washington, believing he was incompetent. -
Marquis De Lafayette
Marquis de Lafayette was a French general who played an important part during the Revolutionary War. He helped the colonists against the British. He volunteered his time and money to help the Americans. He was able to help the Americans win the war and was treated as a hero. -
Philadelphia
Robert Morris was the superintendent of finance and his associate haym Salomon both begged to borrow their personal credit to give money to the colonial soldiers. -
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Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown was the last great battle of the American Revolutionary War. It is where the British Army surrendered and the British government began to consider a peace treaty. -
Treaty Of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was the official peace treaty between the United States and Britain that ended the American Revolutionary War.
